Queensland premier says people need confidence in vaccine before mass rollout; US secretary of state says countries investing in new coal ‘will hear from US’. Follow all the latest news and updates, live
• Secretary of state says countries investing in new coal ‘will hear from US’
• Australia increasingly isolated as US and others ramp up climate ambition
• Melbourne GP clinic with capacity to vaccinate 2,100 a week supplied with just 50 doses

3.52am BST

The Northern Territory has recorded another six Covid-19 cases in quarantine, adding to the 10 already recorded in the past four days, AAP reports

A woman aged 71, who arrived on the repatriation flight from Chennai on Thursday tested positive for the virus, NT Health said on Tuesday.

3.47am BST

Ardern said the worker was tested on the 12th and then tested positive on the 19th. Contact tracing is underway, with the isolating of close contacts.

Ardern said Australia would expect these sorts of border cases, and our respective health ministers are in contact.

Look, when we opened on both sides we of course knew we would continue to have cases connected to our border. In fact when we announced the date for opening the trans-Tasman bubble, Queensland was dealing with cases linked to its border. We accept that’s going to be part of our journey together. I think Australia accepts that. And for both sides, we’re always looking for clear connection to the border in this case there is.

No, I haven’t but our minister of health has kept in touch with his counterpart. So they are directly communicating, so are our officials. Everyone therefore knows the case we have and that it’s connected to the border. And these are the kinds of scenarios where we would anticipate moving continuing.

Continue reading…
Source: The Guardian